Forecasters say that Gert will gain strength and increase its forward speed in the next day.

Even though Gert is still expected to track around 400 miles off-shore of southern New England Wednesday, the swells from the hurricane will lead to 3-6ft seas in Rhode Island and Block Island Sound. "Some forecast models hinting at a a tropical storm by this weekend as it moves westward".

The entire coast of our state is under a high threat of rip currents thanks to Hurricane Gert.

It adds some tropical moisture from Gert could feed into an existing non-tropical weather system over the region later Wednesday or Thursday.

"Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles [35 km] from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles [165 km]". The estimated minimum central pressure is 986 mb (29.12 inches).